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Trajan: Roman Empire's Golden Age (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (27 Jan 2025)
Today's historical events:
Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence.
Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II…
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